Jackie Robinson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the highest civilian honor — by President Ronald Reagan on March 26, 1984. Rachel Robinson attended the White House ...

“Jackie Robinson represents America at its best. Removing an icon and Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold ...

38. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded Jackie Robinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest award given to a ...

"We take great pride in Jackie Robinson's service to our country ... "A recipient of both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, he of course is an American hero." ...

A Department of Defense webpage describing baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson's military ... A recipient of both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal ...

Too soon to receive his Presidential Medal of Freedom, too soon to see his friend ... The price of a baseball ticket on Jackie Robinson Day is a nice gesture toward such recognition, but emulating ...

A shot-riddled historical marker from Jackie Robinson’s hometown ... the website for a man who was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal and lived ...

It’s understandable why basketball icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a special connection with Jackie ... injustices. President Obama gave Abdul-Jabbar a Presidential Medal Of Freedom Award in ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy ... of his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson’s historic achievement preceded President Harry S. Truman’s desegregation of the military ...